German works councils, profits, and innovation

Kyklos

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 555-582

  Addison, John T ^a,b,c   Schnabel, Claus ^d   Wagner, Joachim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft   (Germany)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000350488     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1996.tb02074.x     Document Type: Article

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